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International League Announces 2015 All-Stars

Published on July 2, 2015 under International League (IL1) News Release


The International League today announced the members of its 2015 All-Star Team. The squad of 30 IL standouts will take on the Pacific Coast League's best in the 28th Annual First National Bank Triple-A All-Star Game, presented by Gildan, on July 15 in Omaha, Nebraska. The matchup will be broadcast live from Werner Park on MLB Network, American Forces Network, MiLB.TV, and the Triple-A All-Star Game Radio Network beginning at 7:00 p.m. CST.

The 2015 International League All-Star squad is made up of 13 elected players who have received the most votes from ballots submitted by club's field managers and general managers (1/3), members of the media (1/3), and online fan voting (1/3). The elected players are joined by 17 additional All-Stars selected by the International League office. Each of the IL's fourteen clubs will be represented in Omaha.

The thirteen elected slots were spread across ten different teams. The League's winningest team, Indianapolis, has a pair of elected All-Stars in catcher Elias Diaz and reliever Blake Wood, plus selected second baseman Alen Hanson. Wood is a former Storm Chaser, having played parts of three seasons in Omaha while with the Kansas City organization. Like the Indians, Rochester will be sending three All-Stars to Omaha as elected second baseman James Beresford and reliever A.J. Achter are joined by selected starting pitcher Taylor Rogers.

Achter, elected for the second straight year to the IL squad, is one of five players who will be making a return trip to the Triple-A All-Star Game. That list includes the League's leading hitter Matt Hague of Buffalo, who was elected as the starting third baseman after having appeared in the event in 2011 and 2014 with Indianapolis. Jesus Aguilar of Columbus, elected at first base, will also be back for a second straight year. Two members of the Charlotte Knights contingent were on the PCL All-Star Team in 2013. Zach Phillips, selected as a reliever, joins elected designated hitter Matt Davidson, winner of the 2013 Triple-A Home Run Derby while with Reno.

In addition to Phillips and Davidson, the Knights will be represented by elected outfielder Trayce Thompson and selected starting pitcher Erik Johnson. Charlotte is one of just two teams with four All-Stars, along with South Division leader Norfolk. Outfielder Dariel Alvarez of the Tides was elected to the Team, joined by three selected All-Stars in catcher Steve Clevenger, reliever Oliver Drake, and IL ERA-leader Michael Bowden.

The two elected starting pitchers are lefties Brian Johnson of Pawtucket and Manny Banuelos of Gwinnett, each his team's lone representative. Shortstop Dixon Machado was elected as one of three Toledo Mud Hens on the IL All-Star Team, along with pitcher Buck Farmer and the June IL Player of the Month, third baseman Jefry Marte. Rounding out the slate of elected All-Stars is outfielder Taylor Motter of Durham.

Following last year's 7-3 victory in the Triple-A All-Star Game, the IL owns a 10-7 advantage in the seventeen years since the event changed to the current IL vs. PCL format. The winning League this season will once again earn the right to have its champion play as the "home team" at the Gildan Triple-A National Championship Game which will take place Tuesday, September 22 in El Paso, Texas.

2015 Triple?A All?Star Game

INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE ROSTER

Manager: 24 Billy Gardner, Jr., Syracuse Coach: 35 Kevin Boles, Pawtucket Coach: 9 Tim Doherty, Rochester Trainer: Bryan Housand, Indianapolis

PITCHERS B/T HGT. WGT. BIRTHDATE BIRTHPLACE 2014 CLUB W?L ERA K SV

35 ACHTER, A.J. R/R 6'5" 205 8/27/1988 Toledo, OH Rochester 3?2 2.27 34 13

13 BANUELOS, Manny R/L 5'10" 205 3/13/1991 Durango, MEXICO Gwinnett 6?2 2.29 69 0

25 BOWDEN, Michael R/R 6'3" 215 9/9/1986 Winfield, IL Norfolk 6?2 2.17 44 0

59 DRAKE, Oliver R/R 6'4" 215 1/13/1987 Worcester, MA Norfolk 1?1 0.67 43 12

30 FARMER, Buck L/R 6'4" 225 2/20/1991 Conyers, GA Toledo 7?2 3.35 67 0

45 INFANTE, Gregory R/R 6'2" 215 7/10/1987 Caracas, VENEZUELA Buffalo 1?1 2.36 25 3

38 JOHNSON, Brian L/L 6'4" 235 12/7/1990 Lakeland, FL Pawtucket 8?5 2.68 76 0

39 JOHNSON, Erik R/R 6'3" 230 12/30/1989 Mountain View, CA Charlotte 7?5 2.86 96 0

32 MARINEZ, Jhan R/R 6'1" 200 8/12/1988 Santo Domingo, DOM. REPUBLIC Durham 4?1 2.04 41 1

21 PHILLIPS, Zach L/L 6'1" 200 9/21/1986 Sacramento, CA Charlotte 1?0 2.14 38 5

24 ROGERS, Taylor L/L 6'3" 180 12/17/1990 Littleton, CO Rochester 7?4 2.96 71 0

23 WOOD, Blake R/R 6'5" 240 8/8/1985 Atlanta, GA Indianapolis 0?2 3.31 38 20

CATCHERS B/T HGT. WGT. BIRTHDATE BIRTHPLACE 2014 CLUB AVG. HR RBI SB

45 CLEVENGER, Steve L/R 5'10" 210 4/5/1986 Baltimore, MD Norfolk .331 2 21 0

29 DIAZ, Elias R/R 6'0" 210 8/17/1990 Maracaibo, VENEZUELA Indianapolis .268 3 25 0

7 ROMINE, Austin R/R 6'0" 215 11/22/1988 Lake Forest, CA Scranton/WB .281 6 33 0

INFIELDERS B/T HGT. WGT. BIRTHDATE BIRTHPLACE 2014 CLUB AVG. HR RBI SB

30 AGUILAR, Jesus R/R 6'3" 250 6/30/1990 Maracay, VENEZUELA Columbus .262 10 48 0

2 BERESFORD, James L/R 6'1" 170 1/19/1989 Mount Waverly, AUSTRALIA Rochester .317 0 27 1

22 DAVIDSON, Matt R/R 6'3" 230 3/26/1991 Yucaipa, CA Charlotte .234 13 41 1

4 FALU, Irving S/R 5'9" 185 6/6/1983 Hato Rey, PUERTO RICO Louisville .316 2 31 11

16 HAGUE, Matt R/R 6'3" 220 8/20/1985 Bellevue, WA Buffalo .338 4 48 5

13 HANSON, Alen S/R 5'11" 180 10/22/1992 La Romana, DOM. REPUBLIC Indianapolis .292 5 33 19

9 HENSON, Tyler R/R 6'1" 205 12/15/1987 Oklahoma City, OK Lehigh Valley .259 1 31 17

16 MACHADO, Dixon R/R 6'1" 170 2/22/1992 San Cristobal, VENEZUELA Toledo .270 4 32 10

33 MARTE, Jefry R/R 6'1" 220 6/21/1991 La Romana, DOM. REPUBLIC Toledo .272 13 55 6

5 MARTINSON, Jason R/R 6'1" 190 10/15/1988 Bedford, TX Syracuse .235 10 28 6

23 ROLLER, Kyle L/R 6'1" 250 3/27/1988 Rockingham, NC Scranton/WB .243 12 43 0

OUTFIELDERS B/T HGT. WGT. BIRTHDATE BIRTHPLACE 2014 CLUB AVG. HR RBI SB

26 ALVAREZ, Dariel R/R 6'2" 180 11/7/1988 Camaguey, CUBA Norfolk .270 12 40 3

15 HOLT, Tyler R/R 5'10" 187 3/10/1989 Marion, IN Columbus .297 0 18 15

11 MOTTER, Taylor R/R 6'1" 195 9/18/1989 West Palm Beach, FL Durham .307 5 38 21

15 THOMPSON, Trayce R/R 6'3" 210 3/15/1991 Los Angeles, CA Charlotte .272 9 33 8

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